© by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979)
Sandpiper
Language: English
The roaring alongside he takes for granted [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Sandpiper", appears in Questions of Travel, first published 1965, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (1908 - 2012), "Sandpiper", published 1977 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from A mirror on which to dwell, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "Sandpiper", 1996 [ voice and piano ], from Rain Forest, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Plant , "Sandpiper", first performed 2009 [ voice, clarinet, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 161